A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines are a commonly prescribed treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which muscles in the airways collapse during sleep, blocking ...

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

Regrowing the human brain is no longer science fiction. Johns Hopkins engineer Annie Kathuria discusses her TEDx vision for ...

A team of scientists—including Agnieszka Ciesielska (left), Barbara Klein (center), and Jeanne Paz (right)—showed that modified stem cells can improve brain activity, even when administered more than ...

By analyzing over 213,000 developing human brain cells, researchers show that many autism risk genes act through the ECM.

Scientists help mice regain mobility after a stroke using human stem cell transplants, opening up a promising avenue for ...

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